Attachment for wardrobes and similar articles of furniture



Feb. 2, 1932. E. H. PINTO 1,343,627

ATTACHMENT FOR WARDROBES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES 0F FURNITURE Filed Nov. 25, 1929 i atented Feb. 2, 1932 V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD HENRY PINTO, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO BOVIS (1928) LIMITED,

OF LONDON, ENGLAND, A REGISTERED BRITISH COMPANY ATTACHMENT FOR WARDROBES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF FURNITURE Application filed November 25, 1929, Serial No. 409,723, and in Great Britain April 29, 1929.

This invention relates to an attachment for wardrobes and similar articles of furniture, the object being to provide outside the piece of furniture, additional garment holding devices.

According toithis invention the wardrobe or the like is provided with a sliding rod, which nests in the wardrobe and can be pulled out therefrom through an aperture there- When not in use the rod is slid into the wardrobe again, only the end, to which means for pulling it out are affixed, being visible from the outside of the wardrobe. It should it be clearly understood that this device never stores garments in the wardrobe or other piece of furniture, and it can be operated equally well whether the doors of the said piece of furniture are open or closed.

In one form of my invention the inside of the top of a wardrobe is provided with two under-cut guides in which slides a grooved rod, which, when closed, just projects through an aperture in the Wardrobe. On the end of the rod is ahook, knob, loop or other device for pulling it out and for receiving any article which it may be desired to suspend therefrom.

It will be obvious that both the position of the rod and the construction of the rod and associated parts, can be altered as required; also that, although I have referred to mens clothes, the device is equally applicable to la dies garments.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an under plan of a top of a wardrobe provided with my invention.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional View of the same on a larger scale.

In the drawings the top 1 of the wardrobe has an aperture in one side and over this aperture is secured a plate 2 having a corresponding, aperture. To the back of the plate 2 are secured two brackets 3 to which is pivoted, at 3a, a guide 4: in which slides a grooved rod 5, Whose outer end projects beyond the side of the wardrobe and the plate, when in the closed position, and is provided with a knob 6. The outer end of the rod 5 is bifurcated and the knob 6 is pivotally secured to this pin 6a.

To facilitate sliding of the rod, runners I (not shown) are mounted in the guide 4 and ride in the grooves of the rod 5. I

The apertures in t1 e plate 2 and in the side 1 of the wardrobe are sufiiciently large to permit of the guide 4 and rod 5 being swung on the pivots 3a of the brackets 3, so that the guide 4 and rod 5 can be accommodated in the Wardrobe top either slantingly as shown or parallel to the nearer side, whichever may be more convenient.

I claim y In combination with a wardrobe or similar article of furniture, having an opening in one side, a rod mounted to slide through said opening and having a bifurcation at its outer end, an apertured plate mounted on the outside of the article of furniture and over the aperture therein,-brackets on the rear of said plate and extending into said aperture, a pivot pin on each of said brackets, a guide secured on said pivot pins and extending into the interior of the article of 'furniture,a pin mounted in the bifurcation of said rod and a handle pivotally mounted on said pin for operation of said rod.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of November, 1929.

EDWARD HENRY PINTO.

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